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>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best product placement of all-time, thanks to marco rubio so he didn't have a great night but i think poland springs had a great night. >> you have a point. susan, yours? >> the best week the no labels group because mostly they were able to get 40 people, democrats and republicans in congress to agree to fixing a problem, not fighting, and that's an accomplishment these days, just to even be able to get someone to wear the same pin. the worst week was the u.s. senate. i think that what we saw with the confirmation hearing and a lot of things it showed it's no long
>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best...
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she's also one of the plaintiffs in the aclu's lawsuit against the pentagon. let you listen to her and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> everybody wanted to make it a debate about whether or not women should be in combat. when the actual issue was that women are in combat. they're serving in combat. they're engaging the enemy, acting with valor, serving and not being recognized. i don't mean recognized with awards, with the correct job title that will get them promoted. >> i think that's kind of key what you were hitting on there. we have the big announcement next week. how soon before we see things actually change? what's the timetable for putting things in place to where, all right, they do start getting that recognition they so deserve? >> certainly the joint chiefs and it was a unanimous decision along with the secretary of defense, leon panetta, laid out for the services that every role should try to be open. and if the services decide that their particular roles, particular jobs that they just for whatever reason that women wouldn't meet the qual
she's also one of the plaintiffs in the aclu's lawsuit against the pentagon. let you listen to her and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> everybody wanted to make it a debate about whether or not women should be in combat. when the actual issue was that women are in combat. they're serving in combat. they're engaging the enemy, acting with valor, serving and not being recognized. i don't mean recognized with awards, with the correct job title that will get them promoted. >> i...
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>> the pentagon has its job to do. i think it came up at a press briefing where a spokesman for the bg was asked what they're doing about it. i think what they said is they're reviewing it to see if there were any problems. in fact, the special operations command which oversees special operations including s.e.a.l. team six has already said they don't really see much of a problem in there in term of classified information. and keep in mind, alex, there have been movies, there have been books, there have been other articles, there have been documentaries all about the raid. there's very little. it's passed into kind of american folklore at this point. there's really very little that's new. what's new in the esquire story was essentially this guy's perspective. >> was he saying to you when you were doing the interview, did he say look, i can't talk about this because it's classified? was he aware of that? did he make that clear to you? >> yeah. i mean it was an evolution. an evolution that took place over about a year an
>> the pentagon has its job to do. i think it came up at a press briefing where a spokesman for the bg was asked what they're doing about it. i think what they said is they're reviewing it to see if there were any problems. in fact, the special operations command which oversees special operations including s.e.a.l. team six has already said they don't really see much of a problem in there in term of classified information. and keep in mind, alex, there have been movies, there have been...
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the report says the latest numbers from the pentagon show a slight majority of troops who have committed suicide while on active duty were never assigned to afghanistan or iraq. >>> the senate's defense policy bill will soon go to a floor debate, where senator kirsten gillibrand will try to revive her measure to take military sexual assault cases out of the chain of command. the plan broke party ranks when it was voted down in committee last week 17-9. joining me now is u.s. marine corps veteran and military sexual assault survivor sarah plummer. sarah, thanks for being here. >> thank you so much for having me. >> now, you've long argued, as senator gillibrand is now, that you want to take assault cases out of the xhfof the chain of c. why do you think that's so key? >> because precisely as the senator said, our military -- our military leaders may be dedicated and determined but they are not impartial. and we need impartial people being the final word on these criminal cases. >> now, those opposed to the chain say that the chain of command is a vital part of military structure where sen
the report says the latest numbers from the pentagon show a slight majority of troops who have committed suicide while on active duty were never assigned to afghanistan or iraq. >>> the senate's defense policy bill will soon go to a floor debate, where senator kirsten gillibrand will try to revive her measure to take military sexual assault cases out of the chain of command. the plan broke party ranks when it was voted down in committee last week 17-9. joining me now is u.s. marine...
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. >> kerry's trip came after a pentagon intelligence assessment surfaced earlier this week suggesting north korea may have developed the ability to fire a nuclear-tipped missile. friday kerry and other u.s. officials insisted there is no real proof that north korea has the ability to do just that. earlier this week, the japanese army set up a battery of interceptor missiles in tokyo as the nation braces itself for what could come next. so what does north korea hope to get from all of this? nbc's jim maceda is live in seoul with more on that. what in the world is the answer to that question? >> well, before we get into that, i've got some interesting news, alex, which follows from the other steps that are being taken. these steps may already be having some effect. south korea's official news agency said this afternoon that four or five of those missile launchers that we've been talking so much about, in north korean -- that north korean test site, suddenly stopped all activity. since then, since this afternoon, there's been no more movement that has been monitored at that site. that wo
. >> kerry's trip came after a pentagon intelligence assessment surfaced earlier this week suggesting north korea may have developed the ability to fire a nuclear-tipped missile. friday kerry and other u.s. officials insisted there is no real proof that north korea has the ability to do just that. earlier this week, the japanese army set up a battery of interceptor missiles in tokyo as the nation braces itself for what could come next. so what does north korea hope to get from all of...
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pentagon officials are calling it all politics. >>> as president obama preparing this weekend to try to win support from congress and the american people, from missile strikes against syria, he's ordered the military to come up with new options to hit the syrian military harder than originally planned. for the first time, the pentagon is looking at using long-range bombers for potential a i strikes on syria. b-2 stealth bombers flown all the way from missouri. b-52s from louisiana and b-1 based in qatar. well outside of syria's anti aircraft denies. the u.s. military has been ordered to come up with a longer list of potential targets, aimed at destroying more of syria's chemical weapons program than first planned. and bashar al assad. >> only assad used more chemical weapons than he had on august 21, he has barely put a dent in his enormous stockpile. and four guided missile ships on stand-by in the red sea. a limited attack would only diminish the chemical weapons capabilities would have no lasting impact and only draw the u.s. into a larger war. >> this is probably not the last tim
pentagon officials are calling it all politics. >>> as president obama preparing this weekend to try to win support from congress and the american people, from missile strikes against syria, he's ordered the military to come up with new options to hit the syrian military harder than originally planned. for the first time, the pentagon is looking at using long-range bombers for potential a i strikes on syria. b-2 stealth bombers flown all the way from missouri. b-52s from louisiana and...
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surprise move by the pentagon. shocking announcement buzzing through cpac. "meet the press," what the pope revealed when he met with 5,000 journalists. why another dream cruise is not so dreamy. the elusive god particle. is it a sign of god or science? we have details throughout the hour. but first to that stunning move by the pentagon to beef up its defense systems on the heels of north korea's recent nuclear threats. we have just learned a south korean official says north korea fired a pair of short-range missiles into its waters sometime this week. nbc's kristin welker is at the white house for us. hello to you on this saturday afternoon. what prompted the move by the pentagon to take such an aggressive step against north korea? >> reporter: the pentagon believes new york has engaged in a series of provocative actions lately, alex. it has also made advances in its nuclear capabilities. north korea threatened a pre-emptive strike against the united states after the u.n. issued new sanctions against the country. it also scrapped its 1953 treaty with south k
surprise move by the pentagon. shocking announcement buzzing through cpac. "meet the press," what the pope revealed when he met with 5,000 journalists. why another dream cruise is not so dreamy. the elusive god particle. is it a sign of god or science? we have details throughout the hour. but first to that stunning move by the pentagon to beef up its defense systems on the heels of north korea's recent nuclear threats. we have just learned a south korean official says north korea...
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the pentagon says it is going to continue. there are worries the situation could spin out of control. vice president joe biden is expected to visit china next week. >>> north korea says the the elderly american tourist held for more than a month has apologized for alleged war crimes during the korean wore in the '50s. 85-year-old merrill newman. pyongyang is accused of coercing statements from detainees in the past. there's no word what they plan to do with newman. >>> back here at home, day three since the holiday shopping frenzy began. early indications showed this could be a good year for retailers. more than a dozen opened on thanksgiving day, giving shoppers a jump start on the holiday. the national retail federation expects sales to be higher than last year's. police used pepper spray to control a surging crowd at a store in texas. in illinois, police shot a suspected shoplifter after the car he was driving dragged an officer through a parking lot. for the the most part, shoppers say there were plenty of deals to be had.
the pentagon says it is going to continue. there are worries the situation could spin out of control. vice president joe biden is expected to visit china next week. >>> north korea says the the elderly american tourist held for more than a month has apologized for alleged war crimes during the korean wore in the '50s. 85-year-old merrill newman. pyongyang is accused of coercing statements from detainees in the past. there's no word what they plan to do with newman. >>> back...
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the pentagon is working out the specifics of a historic new rule announced this week. women will be allowed to serve in combat roles alongside men. former cia director and four star general michael hayden explains what it means for the requirements for special operations forces. listen to this. >> there are two kinds of standards. one set have to do with personal health. just raw physical fitness for members of the armed forces, how much pushups, sit ups, how fast you run a mile. those standards are different because men and women are different. these kinds of standards cannot be different. they have to do with accomplishing the job. therefore if the standard is here and only a small percentage of women can match that standard for reasons that are biological, the standard has to stay there, otherwise you are risking mission success. >> all right. joining me now two american vets, former marine and msnbc contributor goldie taylor and retired army captain wes moore. goldie, let me start with you and i want your reaction to what you heard hayden say. what's your reaction
the pentagon is working out the specifics of a historic new rule announced this week. women will be allowed to serve in combat roles alongside men. former cia director and four star general michael hayden explains what it means for the requirements for special operations forces. listen to this. >> there are two kinds of standards. one set have to do with personal health. just raw physical fitness for members of the armed forces, how much pushups, sit ups, how fast you run a mile. those...
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you know, it's not just a question of the pentagon and defense contractors. it's also plain vanilla corporates and the institutions of a free society, like the press, foundations, ngos, individuals, that's completely off the table and we've got to tell the chinese that can no longer apply. it's like $250 billion of ip intellectual property that we lose each year because of sib krooiber spying and another $120 billion because of crime. we have to do things now, not just in the future. >> those are extraordinary numbers you're throwing around. speaking of numbers, 24 years ago this week, the tee yen na men square protests, the chinese government is cracking down on social media, censorship, that kind of thing. what about this picture that we showed earlier? look, that is the real picture. look what happens here. these rubber ducks have been blocked on-line. i mean, this is called the tank man photo now. is there any chance that human rights will be addressed at this summit? where does that place on things? >> president obama will talk about it, but the chinese
you know, it's not just a question of the pentagon and defense contractors. it's also plain vanilla corporates and the institutions of a free society, like the press, foundations, ngos, individuals, that's completely off the table and we've got to tell the chinese that can no longer apply. it's like $250 billion of ip intellectual property that we lose each year because of sib krooiber spying and another $120 billion because of crime. we have to do things now, not just in the future. >>...
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the pentagon i will see is strongly disagreeing with that. doesn't that say there are huge challenges here. >> very serious challenges here. in addition to that, the fact is this arms exporter has not even complied with the defense audit commission that is out there. there is so many issues here where quite frankly the department of defense -- by the way, what they did after that 423-0 vote in the house of representatives prohibiting them from doing this from one pod of money, they went around that. >> exactly. >> so i think this is so disingenuous. recently i organized along with my colleague kay grainger, this is a bipartisan issue. we have over 80 members of the house of representatives. we've written to secretary hagel asking why is this a national security issue, the syrian issue there, the no bid issue. we can maintain -- we can build these helicopters. they are built. they can be sent. it would appear the afghans can't fly, we can certainly train them to fly these helicopters as well. >> certainly this is a very meaty issue here. we'll
the pentagon i will see is strongly disagreeing with that. doesn't that say there are huge challenges here. >> very serious challenges here. in addition to that, the fact is this arms exporter has not even complied with the defense audit commission that is out there. there is so many issues here where quite frankly the department of defense -- by the way, what they did after that 423-0 vote in the house of representatives prohibiting them from doing this from one pod of money, they went...
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nbc's jim mick mick from the pentagon. >> reporter: in the unlikely hood of all-out war, u.s. cruise missiles, american bombers, and south korean warplanes would launch air strikes. north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile facilities would be prime targets. any ground war would be devastating. 700,000 north korean soldiers are dug in along the demilitarized zone. manning thousands of rockets, and long-range artillery aimed at the south. 20 million south koreans in and around seoul are in the cross hairs, well within their range. >> and today more south koreans left north korea, the factory park where they work, four days after the north closed to the border to people and goods. >>> meanwhile, a new report there "the new york times" says the obama administration is pressuring china to crack down on north korea. increase an american military presence in the region. nbc's pete alexander is at the white house. pete a good saturday morning to you my friend. what is the white house's strategy here? >> well, it's a good question right now. the white house had a conversation with t
nbc's jim mick mick from the pentagon. >> reporter: in the unlikely hood of all-out war, u.s. cruise missiles, american bombers, and south korean warplanes would launch air strikes. north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile facilities would be prime targets. any ground war would be devastating. 700,000 north korean soldiers are dug in along the demilitarized zone. manning thousands of rockets, and long-range artillery aimed at the south. 20 million south koreans in and around seoul are...
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the house republicans passed a bill that would do some fixes around defense spending, give the pentagon more flexibility, and essentially replace the sequestration cuts at the pentagon and you'll see movement out of the senate around spending in discretionary domestic spending. so i think there is widespread concern, economists predicted a year ago that we'd see 12 million jobs created over the next four years. this last jobs report is essentially on pace with that. but, again, with the sequestration, you had predictions that anywhere from 700,000 to 800,000 jobs would be lost and there'd be cuts to people's pay. and of course, we know this is an economy that is pushed along by people spending. so when you have cuts with that, there's concern that you'll see a slowdown with these fragile gains as the economy has made so far. >> i want to go here with what senator rand paul wrote. this was an op-ed in the "washington post" about his filibuster. during that filibuster, paul focused on the president's policy on drones and here's what he said in the op-ed that reads, quote, no american shou
the house republicans passed a bill that would do some fixes around defense spending, give the pentagon more flexibility, and essentially replace the sequestration cuts at the pentagon and you'll see movement out of the senate around spending in discretionary domestic spending. so i think there is widespread concern, economists predicted a year ago that we'd see 12 million jobs created over the next four years. this last jobs report is essentially on pace with that. but, again, with the...
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it the agreement would leave in place most of the automatic cuts set to hit the pentagon, domestic agencies and medicare providers but it would eliminate an especially harsh set of cuts over the next two years. for more on this budget deal, let's go tocrit tin welker at the white house for us. kristin, from your vantage point and that of the white house, how is tuesday's vote shaping up? will the president have something to sign perhaps next week? >> that is the expectation, but as you point out, there's still about five republican votes short. you have a number of republican senators coming out, voicing their opposition to this legislation. they will say it doesn't do enough to cut spending, and it's sort of a bizarre turn of events because you have the legislation passing with broad bipartisan support in the house, but stumbling in the senate. usually it's the reverse. usually it's much harder to get legislation through the house. so certainly an interesting turn of events. we saw this past week sort of the war within the gop airing itself out on the public stage, are you had house speake
it the agreement would leave in place most of the automatic cuts set to hit the pentagon, domestic agencies and medicare providers but it would eliminate an especially harsh set of cuts over the next two years. for more on this budget deal, let's go tocrit tin welker at the white house for us. kristin, from your vantage point and that of the white house, how is tuesday's vote shaping up? will the president have something to sign perhaps next week? >> that is the expectation, but as you...
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we already have a current democrat, former house member leon panetta, sitting over it at the pentagon. listen, the president is allowed to nominate whomever he wants. however, the senate is also allowed to say yes or no. if the senate wants to castigate and say no to one of their own, they are certainly welcome to do that. but i don't care if a president -- and, listen, barack obama has had republican cabinet members. george bush had democratic cabinet members. i like bipartisanship. i would like to see more of it. i think we need more diversity in the next cabinet, and so far what we're seeing is a lot of white men, but the president is allowed to pick whom he chooses, and if he chooses a former republican senator to be his next secretary of defense, the senate ought to have a hearing, investigate it, and give it an up or down vote, period. >> chip, in terms of the bipartisan appeal, do you think that is a significant factor here? do you think by doing this the president tries to rise above the rancor that exists on capitol hill? >> trying to do bipartisan support by nominating a for
we already have a current democrat, former house member leon panetta, sitting over it at the pentagon. listen, the president is allowed to nominate whomever he wants. however, the senate is also allowed to say yes or no. if the senate wants to castigate and say no to one of their own, they are certainly welcome to do that. but i don't care if a president -- and, listen, barack obama has had republican cabinet members. george bush had democratic cabinet members. i like bipartisanship. i would...
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and, also, i knew personally the highest-ranking general killed on the attack in the pentagon, lieutenant general tim mod. so i think you've got to do everything you can to prevent terrorism in this country. i think this -- the system they devised, while not perfect, is the least intrusive possible. and i would hope it goes forward. >> is it more damage to privacy, though? i mean, how does that weigh on you? >> you have to balance protecting our citizenry with privacy. if, for example, under this system, if they want to listen in to a particular call, then they've got to go back and get a search warrant to be able to listen in to this call. this is a collection of data. this is not listening in to particular calls. >> robert, your take on the damage to privacy. >> well, that's the million-dollar question is whether or not this is done in a reputable amount of damage done to privacy. when americans wake up and they read the newspaper that 4 billion phone calls have been intercepted or logged, you know, that raises a lot of questions. and the question then becomes, you know, how do you bala
and, also, i knew personally the highest-ranking general killed on the attack in the pentagon, lieutenant general tim mod. so i think you've got to do everything you can to prevent terrorism in this country. i think this -- the system they devised, while not perfect, is the least intrusive possible. and i would hope it goes forward. >> is it more damage to privacy, though? i mean, how does that weigh on you? >> you have to balance protecting our citizenry with privacy. if, for...
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. >> and pentagon press secretary george little emphasizing that point in a statement that was just released moments ago which says "we haven't made any changes to our force posture. to this point, the credible threat of military force has been key to driving diplomatic process. it's important the assad regime lives up to its obligations under the framework agreement." we are getting reaction from capitol hill which started to trickle in, including from bob corker who says this. "absent the threat of force, it's unclear to me how syrian compliance will be possible under the terms of any agreement." of course, senator corker there referring to the u.n. security council resolution which is still being hammered out. so there are a lot of moving parts, a lot of developments on this saturday, alex. i expect we will continue to get reaction from capitol hill. but we are getting our first reaction from president obama who says that he welcomes this substantial development. alex? >> all right, kristen welker at the white house. thank you very much for giving us those rapidly moving details. >>> this
. >> and pentagon press secretary george little emphasizing that point in a statement that was just released moments ago which says "we haven't made any changes to our force posture. to this point, the credible threat of military force has been key to driving diplomatic process. it's important the assad regime lives up to its obligations under the framework agreement." we are getting reaction from capitol hill which started to trickle in, including from bob corker who says this....